United Nations Secretary General Ban was quick to condemn the retaliation by the Israelian army against Hamas forces in Gaza. It exemplifies the composition of the UN, with most countries being totalitarian regimes and only very few of them being friends of Israel. That might also explain Ban Ki-Moon's silence about the coninuous attacks by Hamas on the people of Israel.
A month before the last elections in March 2006 I urged voters in an op-ed (see belown in comments) to vote for Benjamin Netanjahu as I saw this to be the only chance to enforce peace in the Middle East. Apart from the fact that current prime minister Olmert faces serious corruption charges, the Kadima-led government did little to create a sustainable peace with its neighbours and the so-called "Palestinian National Authority".
Only an army that retaliates when its citizens are attacked creates the incentive for its enemies to opt for peaceful cooperation and coexistence. Therefore it is right that the only true democracy in the Middle East strikes back when threatened and should do so with a clear committment and dedication to protect the citizens of Israel.
Lasting peace can only be secured through strength. Bibi, take over!
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Bibi, Take over
A mere month to go until Israel elects a new government, which will end the interregnum caused by the severe illness of its leader Ariel Sharon. This vote is not just for the next prime minister, it is also a decisive vote on the peace process in the Middle East.
Sharon put all his political weight behind the withdrawal from Gaza, which split his party -- the Likud, to make the trade “land for peace”. But in accomplishing this, do we see a bright and peaceful light in the weeks, months and years to come?
Hardly. While the hawk-turned-dove-Prime Minister was occupied with Gaza, the enemies of the peace process have turned up the heat, verbally and non-verbally. It is time to assess the threats and give Israel the support it needs to restore the fragile peace. Germany should lead Europe in this endeavour to strengthen the only democracy in the Middle East against their enemies.
On the one hand, there is the newly-elected Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose denial of the Holocaust and often-repeated statement to wipe Israel off the face of the map clearly indicates his unwillingness for a peaceful co-existence among the world’s three major religions. Imagining the mullah regime having their hands on nuclear weapons is most frightening and has to be stopped at all costs, especially considering that fact that they have already taken the first steps towards uranium enrichment on Iranian soil. Although Europe’s G3 have continuously negotiated for a peaceful solution for the better part of the last two years --without the support of Russia and China -- it seems that the time for peace talks is running out.
On the other hand, there is Hamas, the Iranian-sponsored winners of the recent Palestinian elections, who has never accepted Israel and can be blamed for numerous suicide missions that have killed thousands in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and elsewhere in Israel. Both Hamas as well as Ahmadinejad surprisingly won the elections that left the West puzzled -- so much for good intelligence.
Israel should counter these threats with a strong message on Election Day by not voting for the Labour party, who has already given up on East Jerusalem and thus abandoning the most valuable pledge for the peace talks or for the Cadima party, who has diluted their commitment to stand up for the interest of Israel by accepting the former Nobel Prize winner, Shimon Peres, among their leaders. Instead the vote should go to the Likud party, which would allow Benjamin (Bibi) Netanjahu to be elected Prime Minister. In order to counter Hamas and Iran, Israel needs a determined hawk that has a reputation for not blinking in times of crisis. Not only does Bibi have the greatest strength of all candidates to continue the peace talks with the Palestinians, he is also determined to never let any country threaten Israel with nuclear weapons.
Eventually the nuclear threat in Iran will have to be destroyed. And who else but Bibi could convincingly counter such a threat? For the sake of the restoration of the peace process, Bibi must be elected.
Jan Burdinski, President, Institute for Political Analysis and Strategy (IPAS), Feb 2006
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